Yes, I grew Cowlick's Pink Brandywine in a 10gal Smart Pot last year as a test with excellent results. Plant growth and fruit production were excellent. If you havn't grown tomatoes in containers before I would check out the "Container Gardening Forum" and ask the question there what would be the best aggregate mix to use for the Smart Pot as we do not have the same products here in Germany as you do in the US and you want to use a soiless mix. Also you need to check into cages/supports that are compatible with your Smart Pot as you will need it because of the extensive plant growth. Ami

I have a Dona plant in a 10 gallon Smart Pot on the deck this year as a first experiment with them. So far so good although I would not go with any smaller than the 10 gallon ones.

I did set it up off the deck on a couple of 2" thick wood strips for better drainage and primarily to protect the deck wood since the bottom stays wet all the time.

Dave

I used Pro-Mix BX with Osmocote mixed in and it is on my drip irrigation system for watering and regular fertigation feeding.

Dave

Mine are growing fine in dumb pots...

10 gal is plenty of media, like Dave said, "Fertigation" is key.

hi dl,

i have 6 smart pots, one is a 45 gallon it has a artichoke
plant, 2 fifteen gallon 1 has a aplause tomato plant in it
the other one has a silvery fir tree in it, the other one has a fireworks in it, the other one has a mariannas peace,
and two of them have bloddy butchers in them, i also have
two 15 gallon nursery pots they are growing and look as good as the ones in smart pots.

i am hopeing that when the killer heat sets in that the smart pots will keep the plants cooler as they say they
will ???.

i will wait till fall to see if i will use them next year,
but for now i can not see any difference between the smart
pots and nursery pots, regards and happy gardening.

les

Thanks everyone!! I will be using them for the first time this year thanks to all the positive responses. I will start with 2 - 10 or 20 gallon SmartPots. We will use the fertigation as recommended on these forums.

DL

Awesome ideas!!

I put a Polish Dwarf, indoors, in a Smart Pot - maybe only 5 gallon. It looks good but needs staking.

I also put a pepper plant in one, 5 gallon I think.

I also put broccoli in a 15 gallon.

For now, they are all doing well indoors.

I was reading something yesterday that said that some report that tomatoes grown in these automatic watering pots end up being watery as the soil ends up being constantly too wet. Is that true?

californian I think you are talking about the problems posted about self-watering containers (SWC), not Smart Pots.

But yes, some have posted that using the MG Moisture Control mix in self-watering containers may pose problems and others have commented on the importance of the proper mix in a SWC to prevent the soil remaining to wet. Check out the Earthtainer and the Earthbox discussions for more details on thar - they are both self-watering containers.

Smart Pots are not self-watering or automatic watering containers.

Dave